The Kuwait Criminal Court has sentenced death by hanging to a woman employer proven responsible for torturing her Filipina housemaid Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende that led to the OFW’s death.
Meanwhile, the woman’s husband was sentenced to a four-year imprisonment.
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Villavende’s death prompted the Philippine government to enforce a deployment ban on Kuwait earlier this year.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. said the Philippine government hired the best Kuwaiti lawyers to give justice for the death of Jeanelyn Villavende, the Filipina domestic worker who was killed by her employer.
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Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) was informed that Villavende had complained to her recruitment agency of maltreatment and underpayment she suffered under her employer and was requesting that she be sent back home before the incident happened.
